Improved broom-clasp



P. H. NILES.

Broom Clasp.

ENO-155,345. Patented'lune 5.1866.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER H.'NILES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

nvlPRovED BRooM-GLASP.

y reference marked thereon.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,'I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the common house-broom as at present used it `is found desirable to preserve the broom and increase its durability by confining and supporting the Wisps of the broom below the usual permanent fastening by means ot" some device Which can be removed or adj usted as the broom is Worn up. The purpose of my invention is to accomplish this by a simple, cheap, and effective device.

Upon the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 represents an elevation of' the same. Fig. 3 represents a plan of' the same. Fig. 4 represents a view of' the Spring-pin.

I construct the protector of a single Wire, at the apex of which are 'formed two coils of' a spiral spring. (Marked a a.) These coils effect a double purpose-first, forming a spring to enable the protector to yield to the spread of the broom; second, one of' these coils forms an eye, into which is linked the spring-pin, as shown in Fig. 2, the other forms a rest into Which one or both of' the points of spriugpin may be inserted, as shown in Fig. l, forming, by the curves ce, struck in said pin, a lock. There is also sufficient spring to the vertical portions of the protector b b b b to make it clasp the sides and at the same time yield to the bending motion of the broom in use.

The curved portions c c c c of the Wire inclose the broom and derive their spring from the coils of the spiral spring a a., and the ends of the wire are here joined. The spring-pin, as shown in Fig. 4, is formed with an eye, d, which is permanently linked into one of the coils a. There aretwo curves, c @,in the points of' the pin which pass through the broom and lock into the opposite coil, either as shown in` Fig. 3 or by passing both points through the coil. The object of this pin is to secure the protector in a proper position.

I claim- The spring-pin, in combination with the protector, f'or the purpose and in the manner sub` stantially described. Y

P. H. NILES.

Witnesses:

J. W. F. HOWARD, AUGUSTUS RUSS. 

